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December 2017 (Revised January 2024)
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Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A)

By: Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli

On the evening of 3 August 1914, British Foreign Secretary Lord Edward Grey contemplated whether to advise King and Parliament to declare war on Germany in the wake of the country’s invasion of Belgium or to stay out of what quickly was becoming a world war triggered... View Details

Keywords: The World; The Rise And Fall Of Globalization; World War; Globalization; War; Economics; Trade; Business Cycles; Economic Growth; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Society; History; Values and Beliefs; Macroeconomics

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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

considers the following stages in the life cycle of a start-up: Formation (pre-formation issues, different forms of business organization, NDAs, contractual arrangements and other legal protections for... View Details

21 Sep 2015
News

Rockin’ for a Cause

become casualties of California’s statewide budget cuts. “It introduced a new model of raising funds district-wide instead of school-by-school,” Scheel explains. “Because of that, PiE appeals not just to individual donors, but also to institutions and View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

The Power of Prayer

region. The Collective Banking Group is a national organization of African-American churches that agrees to conduct its business with partnering banks and encourages parishioners to do the same. The CBG was formed in 1993 by Reverend... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Dec 2016
News

Cast of Characters

Jan Moran’s (MBA 1989) The Winemakers, is set to inherit the family business and the family secrets. Through Rosetta, Moran explores once-taboo topics including illegitimacy, divorce, and female entrepreneurship and ambition. The... View Details

Keywords: April White

September 2014 (Revised May 2015)
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The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity

By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Hilary White

After struggling through the country's longest recession since 2008, the U.K. was expected to grow faster than any other G7 nation in 2014. Analysts wondered whether the return to growth was because, or in spite of, Prime Minister David Cameron's controversial £113... View Details

Keywords: Legal;#19;#Digital Health;#20;#Ecommerce;#23;#Education Technology;#31;#Finance;#54;#Medical Devices & Hardware;#60;#Services;#64;#Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital;#238;#Fintech

02 Feb 2017
News

Growing and Competing at the Local Level

Buckley Brinkman (MBA 1986) is executive director/CEO of the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity, which provides consulting services and programs to help manufacturers grow their businesses and become more profitable. In... View Details

Steve Cagnetta

Steve Cagnetta is a co-founder and Principal of Company Counsel, LLC, an out-sourced general counsel firm focused on representing emerging companies. He has spent the past 20+ years advising entrepreneurs and startups on the business and... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog

receivables financing. Course Content and Educational Objectives The goal of Entrepreneurial Finance is to help managers make better investment and financing decisions in entrepreneurial settings. The course covers all stages of the venture's life View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction

School’s US Competitiveness Project from business leader Katherine Gehl and University Professor Michael Porter. Gehl and Porter use the lens of industry competition to analyze the US political system and propose a strategy for reform and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Government

01 Jun 2007
News

Steve Schwarzman

Schwarzman Illustration by Roberto Parada Last year the U.S. private-equity business set a number of impressive records: most money raised at $375 billion, most deals closed at 654, and biggest buyout ever at $38.9 billion. Of all the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and robbery, as opposed to other kinds of crime like arson, assault, homicide, and rape. Temporal patterns in crime are observed in jurisdictions in which disbursements are focused at the beginning of monthly welfare payment View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2024
Case

Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (A)

By: N. Louis Shipley and Stacy Straaberg

In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina

December 1982 (Revised September 2015)
Case

Halloran Metals

By: Roy Shapiro

Two competitors in the Northeast steel service center industry have made very different choices with regards to logistics and operating strategy. One distributes from a large central location; the other operates seven widely scattered warehouses. Students can diagnose... View Details

Keywords: Logistics; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business Cycles; Decision Choices and Conditions; Metals and Minerals; Supply Chain; Steel Industry; United States